Dongshan Liangshi Agricultural Innovation Park x Rural Kitchen. Fragrance of fish and rice ~ the starting point to know the taste of Yilan

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- Itinerary features -

The "Dongshan Rural Kitchen" located in the "Dongshan Good Food Agricultural Innovation Park" of the Dongshan Township Farmers Association has become an important product promoter in Dongshan Township, Yilan since its launch in 2021. Through ingredients stories, cooking teachings, gourmet feasts and other processes, Dongshan Township’s most important ingredients such as fragrant black tea, seven-leaf orchid fragrant rice, fungus drink, sweet fish, pomelo and other ingredients are perfectly presented, and the spirit of food farmer education is integrated into it. What's more, Yilan has only one rice harvest a year, and its quality is extremely high. The clear springs and technology have allowed Yilan's sweet fish production to account for more than 90% of Taiwan's total. Starting in 2023, Dongshan Rural Kitchen will design a new menu "Fragrance of Fish and Rice" by ecological chef Wu Jiexiu "Master Jie". It is no longer limited to Dongshan Township ingredients, but will expand the taste to the entire Yilan, hoping to make Dongshan Rural Kitchen become known The starting point of the taste of Yilan.



－Itinerary introduction－

• Activity explanation, park tour, and "Growing Bar" soil-turning, planting, and picking experience (about 40 minutes)
  
• Rural kitchen cooking and enjoyment (about 80 minutes)
  
• Dessert time (about 30 minutes)
  
• Go to "Buy Bar" to purchase limited-origin ingredients and souvenirs (about 40 minutes)
  

- Contents of cooking courses -

[Introduction to special ingredients]

• Ayu: The Japanese are crazy about ayu, mainly because they only eat algae attached to rocks in a stream environment. Their long-term cleansing allows them to emit a faint cantaloupe aroma on their backs, so they are called ayu. The scales of ayu are very fine, and there are no other impurities in the body except algae. Many tourist areas in Japan catch and grill the whole tail directly after landing. The eggs of female fish are sweet, while the eggs of male fish have unique internal organs that are sweet and bitter. Both males and females are delicious.

• Seven-leaf Orchid Rice: The beautiful name "Seven-leaf Orchid Rice" contains the results of 13 years of hard breeding. It is the top rice variety cultivated by the marriage between Taiwan and India (Taiwan Rice No. 9 + Basmati, the king of Indian basmati rice, Taichung No. 194), with a fresh and fragrant taste, it is an elegant and delicate layer that must be tasted in a lifetime. It can be called a boutique in the rice world. The unique flavor enhances the taste of dining.
  
  

【Local Specialty Cuisine Course Contents】

• Fragrant black tea: The feast will start with a cup of fragrant black tea. Through the warm tea soup, you can observe its color, smell its fragrance, taste its taste and understand its charm. In addition to washing your taste buds and awakening your senses, it also tells the story of Yilan’s place in the world. The story and characteristics of tea industry.

• Rice balls: Next on the scene are rice balls placed on small pandan leaves. Without the interference of other dishes and seasonings, a small ball of Yilan's special seven-leaf orchid fragrant rice shows Taiwan's rice farming technology and variety. What is presented is the sweetness and sweetness of Yilan rice.

• Seafood Pancakes: Next comes the "Seafood Pancakes" that integrates Yilan's various seafood flavors. Because the Kuroshio and Oyashio tides meet in the Guishan Island area, coupled with the bay effect and the large number of plankton at the estuary of Lanyang Creek, Yilan brings abundant fish. From north to south, Yilan is home to Shicheng, Dali, Daxi, Genfang, and Wu There are many fishing ports such as Shigang, Nanfang'ao, Fenniaolin, and Nan'ao, and there are 31 fixed fishing nets and 63 sets in Taiwan. Yilan accounts for 12 nets and 26 sets, ranking first in Taiwan in terms of number, including mackerel, ghost head knife, peeling net, etc. Fish, tofu, white hairtail, sakura shrimp, eel fry, farmed ayu, etc. are all very representative and become seafood pancake ingredients according to the solar terms.

• Duck Soup: Next up is the very interesting Duck Soup. The chef uses seasonal vegetables from the Lanyang Plain, cleverly adds local Hakka pickled melon seeds, and sprinkles with duck cut into small pieces. The whole bowl of soup has the freshness of the seasonal vegetables, the smoky flavor of the duck, and the crispy pickled salty sweetness of the melon seeds, which is full of flavor changes and rich texture.

• Ayu: Ayu is Yilan’s environmental and technological pride. Ayu has very strict requirements on water quality and temperature. In the early years, it could only be cultured at high altitudes. However, due to the numerous springs, pure water quality, and sophisticated technology, Yilan pioneered the cultivation of ayu on flat land, even achieving two harvests a year. More than 90% of Taiwan's sweetfish are raised in Yilan, and it is loved by Michelin-starred restaurants and Japanese chefs. At Dongshan Rural Kitchen, you can not only taste the original grilled ayu and listen to the story of the ayu, but you can also pair it with tea salt, grapefruit salt, tangerine peel or golden dates and other seasonings to bring multiple taste impacts.

• Cherry duck breast: Cherry duck breast is also the star of the new menu. Yilan is one of the main producing areas of cherry duck in Taiwan. Ducks love water, and the clear springs and numerous streams in Yilan are a suitable environment for ducks to grow. In the early years, egg-laying ducks were the main dish, which led to the prosperity of duck eggs and duck viewing in Yilan. In recent years, many cherry ducks have been raised to supply high-end restaurants across Taiwan. .

• Seven-leaf orchid fragrant rice: What’s even more amazing is the rice dish at the end. The chef uses the duck fat left from frying cherry duck breasts, stir-fries local cherry blossom shrimps, and pours it on the seven-leaf orchid fragrant rice. His stomach was obviously full, but he still stuffed a bowl of rice. It is a weight crisis dish.

• Fungus drink and water yokan: The wonderful ending is composed of local pomelo nectar, fungus drink, plus beautiful and transparent kumquats, red beans, and yokan. The taste of the mountains and seas of Yilan, the land of fish and rice, just keeps echoing in the mouth.

【Local companion】

• Good Food Rice: Rice is food, and it is also a good food that is good for health. The Dongshan Township Farmers Association uses the brand "Good Food" to help Dongshan farmers sell rice. Brown rice, carefully selected rice, pearl rice, championship rice, and seven-leaf orchid fragrant rice are all available in Dongshan Good Food. The "Buy Bar" in the Agricultural Innovation Park is available for purchase.

• Organic fungus drink: This bottle is praised by netizens as an affordable holy product for beauty and beauty. Made from selected organic fungus and organic crystal rock sugar, it has a natural and smooth taste and is a happy original flavor worth savoring.

• Braised Mushroom Eel: Jointly produced by Dongshan Township Farmers Association and Suao District Fishery Association, GOOD eel means good eel.